Lot 27
 

RICHARD CROSSE (BRITISH 1742-1810) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing a brown coat over a gold trimmed white waistcoat, a lace cravat, his powdered hair en queue Watercolour on ivory Gold fausse-montres frame with blue enamel border studded with gold stars, the reverse with blue glass Oval, 60mm (2 1/2in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 11,57 (#250) Crosse was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, Richard Cosway and William Wood. Born deaf and dumb he lived and worked in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, from 1760. His brother kept the house and acted as liaison between Crosse and his clients, which included the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester

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